Chapter 2- Catfish
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The sun had just climbed to the horizon, and through the dense fog on the water, the sunbeams falling down were extremely dazzling.
The man stood condescendingly in front of Luo Zhen, Luo Zhen couldn’t see the other party’s expression clearly and he only felt a strong smell of blood rushing to his face, the blood on the wound of the giant beast cut through the man’s bare upper body, and his waist and abdomen were re-tied with animal skin, which had long been stained red with blood. He didn’t know whether the animal skin had the blood of the giant beast on the other party’s shoulder or the blood oozing out of the other party’s wound.
“You… are you okay?” Luo Zhen swallowed. The man’s height is taller than he what he assumed yesterday. He needs to lift his head slightly to see the other person’s face. Maybe it was because he just fought but the man still carried a murderous aura that people couldn’t ignore. His eyes were wild and arrogant. He looked at people as if he were looking at his prey, Luo Zhen was frightened a little by the momentum of the other party just as soon as he looked at his face, it made his legs feel soft.
The man looked at him quietly for a while and then threw the things on his shoulders to the ground. Only then did Luo Zhen see the whole picture of the giant beast. The beast was dark and had two long tentacles on both sides of his lips, a bit like a catfish, but the sharp teeth could be seen from the half-opened huge mouth, and there were still some meaty bits in between the teeth, which can commonly be seen from carnivorous creatures.
Even though the giant beast has gills and tails, it has four short, thick legs and webbed feet. Luo Zhen was sure that he had never seen such a strange creature before, even on TV.
The man’s hand was very strong. After the giant beast was thrown on the ground, he quickly inserted his hands into the wound under the giant beast’s abdomen, broke the giant beast in half, breaking it with little difficulty, and stretched out his hand to dig into it for a while. He took out a large handful of orange things that looked like fish eggs and handed them to Luo Zhen one by one.
Seeing that Luo Zhen stood silly and did not reach out to take it, the man handed the thing forward again. Seeing that Luo Zhen finally moved, he threw the thing into Luo Zhen’s hand.
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“For me?” Luo Zhen asked tentatively in a low voice, holding the still-warm fish eggs.
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It was the first time that Luo Zhen saw such a rough eating method. He involuntarily took two steps back. Although frightened by the man’s actions, Luo Zhen didn’t turn around and run. He wandered on the deserted island yesterday so he knew that the only creatures that can move on this deserted island are him and this man.
After having eaten some of the food, the man’s eating action slowed down, his mouth was bulging with a mouthful of food, and he looked up and saw Luo Zhen still standing with fish eggs, and he couldn’t help frowning. The pair of good-looking peach blossom eyes also showed a little dissatisfaction.
Catfish eggs are the most nutritious thing. If it weren’t for the person helping him treat his wounds, he wouldn’t distribute all the catfish’s eggs to the others. Who knows that the other party doesn’t even eat it, doesn’t he know that catfish eggs are the most nutritious when they are just out of the body?
“Eat.” The man’s voice was a bit hoarse as if he didn’t talk often.
Although Luo Zhen was a bit hungry, he was still a little bit resistant to eating the eggs of this unidentified beast raw. Seeing that the man seemed to have no malice towards him, he quietly felt relieved and suggested, “I dried some moss yesterday. It should be almost done now, do you want to make a fire and bake these before eating?”
The man’s chewing motion stopped when he heard the words and looked at Luo Zhen as if he was looking at a fool. Since this man was offered as a sacrifice to the God of Water, he should be from a tribe living near the Great Lake. Have the people of their tribe never seen a catfish? The energy in the catfish eggs will slowly pass away after leaving the body for a long time, if it is cooked, what is the use?
The man stood up, Luo Zhen thought that the man was going to light a fire with him, and was thinking about finding a place to put the things in his hands. Who knew that when the man stretched out his hand, he grabbed Luo Zhen’s wrist directly with one hand and held Luo Zhen’s chin with the other- he then stuffed the catfish egg into the other’s mouth using the hand that held his wrists.
The catfish eggs melted in his mouth, slippery and greasy, and still had a choking fishy smell. Even if Luo Zhen was hungry- no matter how hungry he was, he could still feel that this thing was unpalatable. However, after the catfish’s eggs entered his stomach, his stomach quickly became full, and a warm heat rose up his entire body.
Seeing that Luo Zhen had eaten the catfish eggs, the man let go of his hand with satisfaction and returned to his original place. He sat on the ground, directly holding up the huge catfish beast and continuing to feast on it- as if worried that Luo Zhen wasn’t full yet, he tore off a large piece of meat and threw it to his companion.
Luo Zhen did not pick it up. He was stuffed and had just eaten a large handful of fish eggs just now, which made him feel sick for a while. After coughing several times, he was relieved, with the fish eggs, but he was not interested in eating again as he was no longer hungry. The meat was raw, but he didn’t want to waste the big piece of meat that the man threw at him. Instead, he wrapped the piece of meat with the chrysanthemum leaves left over yesterday and put it in a cool place. He couldn’t eat it like the man did and with such a big fish beast, this piece of meat was his next meal.
“Brother, my name is Luo Zhen, what’s your name?” Luo Zhen planned to get to know his only companion.
Although the man was busy eating, he didn’t seem to be too bad for Luo Zhen’s senses. There was still time to answer Luo Zhen’s question while swallowing food, “Lu Zhan.”
“Lu Zhan.” Luo Zhen had a smile on his face, but the question he asked was a bit eager, “Do you know where we are now? Can you contact others for help?”
Lu Zhan turned his head to look at him, his eyes were a little strange, why would he ask for help? His tribe had offered him as a sacrifice to the water god. If they see him alive when he goes back, they will be scared and will catch him and then sacrifice him again. And his tribe is far away from here, the vicinity of the Great Lake is not within the scope of their tribe, so it is even more unlikely that someone will come to rescue them.
“There is too much fog on the water near here, and the waves on the shore are also urgently rising. I am worried that even if a ship passes by, we will not be found. There is no food on the island and there is still an active volcano behind us. It is too dangerous for us to stay here.”
“Ship, what is it?”
“A ship? Of course, it is something that can float on the water.” Luo Zhen was a little puzzled, would anyone living in modern times not know what a boat is? He had such a thought so he asked. “Have you never seen a ship?”
“No.” Lu Zhan shook his head, can it really float on the water? Is it a secret tool in their tribe? Lu Zhan was not interested in exploring the secrets of other people’s tribes, so he explained. “Our tribe is far away from here, not close to the big lake, and there is no need to float on the water.”
“Tribe?”
Looking at Luo Zhen’s silly look, Lu Zhan kindly reminded, “Don’t even think about going back to your tribe. If someone in your tribe finds that you escaped from the embrace of the water god, they will catch you and offer you one more time as a sacrifice.” Lu Zhan paused and added, “Maybe you’ll no longer be just a sacrifice this time.”
Luo Zhen realized that something was wrong, but obviously, his mind had not yet digested the information from Lu Zhan’s words, “Brother, is this a prank? Were you assigned to the role of a primitive savage? What tribe, what sacrifice? My little heart is not scared, where is the camera? Stop playing, I am telling you that I just received an interview notice from a large company, this is the opportunity recommended by my mentor, if I fail the interview, the old man may be angry enough to take back my diploma. You quickly inform them to end this game quickly, I will think of this past day as a dream so you can rest assured that I will not sue you.”
Luo Zhen said a lot in succession, Lu Zhan basically didn’t understand what the other party was saying, and he didn’t care, so he continued to concentrate on nibbling his catfish.
After only talking for a while, the huge catfish two or three times the size of an adult man was almost eaten by Lu Zhan, leaving only a pile of internal organs, and the catfish’s head and limbs that had not been eaten.
Lu Zhan gave a big burp and touched his little bulging belly, but he couldn’t help hissing when he pulled at the wound.
In order to catch food, the moss mud that Luo Zhen helped him bandage yesterday was washed away by the water. Lu Zhan could only continue to tie it with animal skins, but apparently, because of the excessive movement, the wound showed signs of reopening and bleeding.
Rough man, maybe in you taste, babe?
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Thanks for the chapter
Thank you for the chapter!!
Thanks for the chapter! <3
I know i would be confused with their name later 😅
Oh my, Luo Zhen, Lu Zhan. I predict I’ll be confusing the POVs often. Which one is gong btw, from the summary I thought it was MC gong
i rly should stop thinking about why a primitive man is speaking in chinese lol